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Departure
Reduce climb power to bring speed back to 179 kt and hold it there.
What happened: Climb speed was 29 kt fast at 208 kt during the climb.
Watch for: Airspeed indicator: 179 kt in the climb
Arrival
Begin the flare with progressive back pressure and keep it coming until the sink is arrested, rather than flying it on flat.
What happened: The nose was barely raised in the flare and little of the sink was taken out, flying the aircraft onto the runway. This pattern usually carries through to a firm touchdown with a noticeable sink rate.
Watch for: Vertical speed indicator: a smoothly reducing sink through the normal flare band, not a steady rate into the runway.
Ground effect becomes significant below about one wingspan of height. A Cessna 172, with a 36 ft span, enters ground effect at flare height - the float it feels in the hold-off is ground effect arriving on cue. An A320, with a span around 117 ft, has been in ground effect since before the threshold and there is no sudden cushion to feel, only a gradual reduction in induced drag that lengthens any float you allow.
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The threshold, the flare and the hold-off. The approach that led to it is the stabilisation gates below.
Two stabilised approach gates, each with seven checks, where the approach path is 1,000 ft and 500 ft above the runway. They are the approach's score: the checks passed out of the checks that ran.
The approach, gate by gate
Side view — the last 1,836 m of the approach.
Plan view — the first 1,836 m of the 2,381 m runway, to the same scale as the side view.
Touched down 692 m past the threshold — beyond the full-score zone. The arrival was smooth.
The rest of the report
The Boeing 737-800 taxied from the parking area to runway 02 at LPPT Humberto Delgado Airport, a movement that required 5 minutes and covered approximately 1 nm.
During the departure roll on runway 02, the aircraft accelerated through a takeoff distance of 1,094 m, representing 29 % of the available runway, and lifted off at 145 kt. Ambient conditions were a temperature of 32 °C, wind 2 kt from 359°, with a 1 kt cross-wind component and a 1 kt head-wind component.
Climb commenced overhead Camarate, with the airplane ascending from 1,296 ft asl to 30,001 ft asl, an altitude gain of 28,705 ft achieved in 19 minutes while covering 137 nm.
Level cruise began 1 mile south of Ovar, persisting for 2 minutes and encompassing a distance of 14 nm.
Descent was initiated 1 mile west of Gulpilhares, during which the aircraft descended from 30,005 ft asl to 1,827 ft asl, a loss of 28,178 ft over 17 minutes, traversing 97 nm.
The final approach to runway 19 at LEVX Vigo Airport was conducted from the north, on a heading of 191.0°, at a distance of 3 nm and an altitude of 972 ft agl.
Landing on runway 19, which measures 2,375 m, was executed with a threshold speed of 142 kt. Touchdown occurred 277 m beyond the touchdown zone at 131 kt, with a vertical speed of minus 208 fpm and perfect runway-centerline alignment. Local weather at the time was 27 °C, wind 5 kt from 240°, a 4 kt cross-wind component and a 3 kt head-wind component. The total landing distance recorded was 1,756 m, equivalent to 74 % of the runway length.
After touchdown, the aircraft decelerated along the runway with rollout alignment described as perfect, bringing the flight to a controlled stop.
The airplane taxied from the runway to the parking area in 1 minute, covering less than 1 nm.
In total, the flight covered 255 nm, required 45 minutes of elapsed time, and consumed 2,429 kg of fuel.
The Boeing 737-800 entered the final approach to runway 19 at LEVX Vigo Airport from the north on a heading of 191.0° at 3 nm and 972 ft agl. At the 1,000 ft gate the approach was assessed as stabilised, with gear, flaps, sink rate, glideslope and centreline all within limits.
During the threshold and flare phase the aircraft maintained a good threshold speed of 142 kt and a good threshold height, and the flare resulted in touchdown occurring 277 m beyond the touchdown zone.
Touchdown was achieved at a good speed of 131 kt, with a fair touchdown rate of minus 208 fpm and perfect runway-touchdown alignment. The total landing distance was 1,756 m, representing 74 % of the 2,375 m runway.
Rollout continued with perfect runway-rollout alignment under clear weather, temperature 27 °C, wind 5 kt from 240°, crosswind 4 kt and headwind 3 kt.
Minor refinements should focus on reducing the touchdown rate from fair to a more optimal value and on conserving a slightly shorter landing distance to increase runway margin, while maintaining the already excellent alignment and speed control.
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